Improvement in garment-supporters



G. A. GRISWOLD. Garment Supporter.

No. 201,|77 Patent ed Mar-ch12, 1878.

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OATHARINE A. GRISWOLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

Specificatiomforming part of Letters Patent No. 201,177, dated March 12, 1878; application filed February 4, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHARINE A. GRIs- WOLD, of the city, county, and State'of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- v Figure l is afront face view of a garment-supporter embodying my invention, and showing a plate adapted to attach it to a corset or other piece of apparel, so that it is readily detachable. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on the line am, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front face view of the attaching-plate shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a face view of the blank, showing the form of the plate of which the part B is formed before being curved into the scroll-hook. Fig. 5 is a front face view of the completed garmentsupporting hook when formed so as to be adapted to be permanently attached to any garment or part of the apparel to constitute a supporter for other garments; and Fig. 6 is an edge view of the same.

My supporter is designed to be secured, either permanently or detachably, to one garment or portion of the apparel-as, for instance, a ladys corset, for the support of other garments, such as skirts; and my invention consists in the peculiar construction shown and described of the scroll-hook, upon which the garments inay be suspended, and also of the combination of this hook with a plate which is intended to be attached to the supportinggarment-such as a corset-whereby the supporter-hook may be detached from said plate at pleasure.

B is a scroll-hook, formed of a plate of metal, which, before it is bent to form the hook, has the form shown in Fig. 4. The hook is formed by rolling up the lower end b into a scroll, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 6.

hen it isdesired to have the supporterhook detachable at pleasure from the supporting-garment, the plate A is employed. This plate is of metal, and is provided with holes, as shown, whereby, by means of eyelets or any other suitable device, it may be attached to the garment; and this plate is to be conveniently used when a corset constitutes the supporting-garment.

When the plate is used the upper end 0 of the hook is bent, in the direction opposite to the turn of the scroll, over upon the body of the hook, thereby forming a shank for attachment to the plate A, which plate is also provided with a loop, a, to receive said shank, formed by two slits through the metal, and the raising of the plate between the slits, as seen in Fig. 3.

The attachmentis made by passing the shank of the hook down through the loop a, as seen in Fig. 2.

As is evident, the hook is detachable from the plate at pleasure.

The edges of the scroll b of the hook,'which are rounded and made smooth, incline inward toward the center of the plate, forming the hook, and the end b is rolled up into a scroll form. A hook of this peculiar form presents no sharp edges or ends liable to tear or wear the skirts or other supported garments.

When the hook is attached to a corset, as stated, as many of them as may be thought requisite may be attached on a line around the waist, so that the waistband of the skirt may rest upon the scroll b. These will afford a perfect support to the skirts, while, on account of the peculiar form of the hook, neither the waistband nor the cloth of the skirt will be liable to be torn or worn by them.

When it is not desired to wear the hook, it

may be readily removed by being simply detached from the plate A.

When it is desired to attach the hook B permanently toany garment or part of the apparel its upper end is given the form shown at d, Fig. 5, and is furnished with holes for eyelets or other suitable fastenings, the hook c and plate A being dispensed with.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A garment-supporter adapted for attachment to a supporting-garment, consisting of the plate B, having the end b rolled into the scroll b, as and for the purpose described.

2. The scroll-supporting plate A, provided with the loop a, and the plate B, provided with the shank c and the scroll-hook b, constructed and combined as and for the purpose described.

GATHARINE A. GRISWOLD.

Witnesses B. S. CLARK, THEODORE G. HOSTER. 

